{"id":198229,"date":"2026-06-04T14:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=198229"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:39:27","slug":"ruim-de-helft-van-de-medewerkers-heeft-stress-door-werk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/06\/04\/ruim-de-helft-van-de-medewerkers-heeft-stress-door-werk\/","title":{"rendered":"More than half of staff experience work-related stress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Almost 60 percent of Erasmus University employees experience work-related stress, with 32 percent experiencing it to a high degree. This is according to the annual staff survey. Workload and work-related stress have been high for years, as the surveys consistently show. The results differ little from those of recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most satisfied faculties, according to the 2026 staff survey, are the Erasmus School of Law and Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management. The most deeply negative scores can be found at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication and at the International Institute of Social Studies. Among the support departments, HR has the highest satisfaction scores, while Finance records the lowest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2026 results differ little from those of 2025, which in turn differed little from those of 2024. Across the university, several scores increased by one-tenth of a point. The score for Inclusion rose from 7.2 to 7.3, while opportunities for development increased from 6.3 to 6.4. Only the category work-life balance rose by two-tenths of a point to 6.7. The opportunities to work in a hybrid way have been rated highest for years and remain the only score approaching an 8 \u2013 rising from 7.7 to 7.8. Work-related stress once again scores the lowest: 5.3 this year, although that is also up by one-tenth of a point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At only one department across all faculties and services does work-related stress receive a clearly satisfactory score: employees in Human Resources give their level of experienced stress a 6.8. A high score for work-related stress means that staff experience relatively little stress, while a failing score indicates high levels of stress. Work-related stress stems most of the time from a high workload. According to the survey, large amounts of work, responsibilities that are too demanding, a lack of social support, or problems outside work can all cause work-related stress. Examples include frequently feeling tense or restless and sleeping poorly because work-related problems are constantly on your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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